In the two rounds of EDA, Dance/USA has gathered a range of materials to assist the dance field with their audience engagement efforts. Members and the field can use this information to both learn about new models and methods of engagement; learn about trends in audience behavior; and get ideas for programs that they might replicate. As Round Two commences, additional information will be added as the 20 grantees adapt and advance what was learned in Round One.
In 2012, Dance/USA sponsored two Learning Exchanges, where the Round One Grantees convened to instruct dance professionals about their projects and ideas for replication. Sessions were videotaped, and a range of handouts created. Here you will find the videos, along with practical tools to adapt projects to your needs, including budgets, timelines, descriptions, and lessons learned.
At an early point during Round One, a series of webinars, in which grantees and tech professionals shared project results and techniques for using social media. Here you will find videos and Powerpoints from those webinars. (hi-def versions of full videos to now to be added)
During Round One, extensive research was conducted. A national study of dance audiences gives trends on audience demographics, behavior and interests in engaging with dance. Additional research on the nine grantees tracks audience response to those projects. Two reports on the 179 applications to Round One give snapshots of the field’s own capacity and efforts to engage its audiences.
These case studies of the nine grantees tell the story of their project, and provide additional information that would be useful in learning about and replicating the projects, in the form of reports and guides.
Check back for a new resource, a searchable database of audience engagement ideas and methods. It should be available by the fall of 2013.
